They did return; but the Boggart, having from the occurrence ascertained the insecurity of his tenure, became less outrageous, and was never more guilty of disturbing, in any extraordinary degree, the quiet of the family.
INCE HALL, NEAR WIGAN.
Drawn by G. Pickering. Engraved by Edwd Finden.
THE HAUNTED MANOR-HOUSE.
"But he was wary wise in all his way,
And well perceived his deceitful sleight;
No suffered lust his safety to hetray;
So goodly did beguile the guiler of the prey."
—SPENSER.